Garment-hanger.



J. T1BATTS. GARMENT HANGER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21, 1910'.

Patnted Jan. 10,1911.

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JOHN THOMAS BATTS, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

GARMENT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 10, 1911.

Application filed March 21, 1910. Serial No. 550,721.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN THOMAS BA'r'rs, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGarment-Hangers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to improvements in garment hangers and moreparticularly to hangers for coats, and its object is to provide a devicethat will not distort the garment; that will permit of hanging a seriesof garments in close relation to each other so that a considerablenumber may be hung within a small space; and to provide the device withvarious new and useful features hereinafter more fully described andparticu larly pointed out in the claim.

The device consists essentially of a hanger having a certain peculiarconfiguration whereby the central portion fits within the middle portionof the collar of the garment and supports the same, at each side ofwhich middle portion is a sufficient top depression to permit the collarto fall smoothly therein, and outwardly downwardly and forwardlyextended and curved arms, being still fur ther curved forward anddownward at their extreme outer ends whereby the shoulders and thesleeves where attached are engaged and firmly supported, the shoulderportions between these points being slightly clear of the hanger toavoid stretching or creasing the same, and the forward portion of thegarment permitted to fall rearwardly and formed concavely within theconcavity of the front side of the device without wrinkling ordistorting the same, thus effectually maintaining the proper shape ofthe garment and also permitting the next adjacent garment to be movedwithin said concavity and close to the garment hung on said device, aswill more fully appear by reference to the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a device embodying my invention; Fig. 2a plan View of the same; and, Fig. 3 a side elevation of the same.

Like numbers refer to like parts in all of the figures.

1 represents the diverging arms of the device rigidly joined at themiddle. The middle portion 2 extends upward, is forwardly inclined, andof sufficient elevation and inclination to fit within and engage themiddle portion of the collar of a coat and firmly support the same. thismiddle portion are depressions 3 downwardly curved at the upper side andalso slightly concaved at the rear side as at 5, whereby the sideportions of the collar fold forward and downward within thesedepressions and are properly engaged to prevent any distortion of thegarment in this part, the arms 1 extend thence outward, are inclineddownwardly and curved forward to fit within and properly support therear of the shoulder portions of the garment, said arms also curvedforward throughout, said forward curvature increasing toward the outerends and terminating in a pronounced downward and forward curve as at4:, whereby at the ends they fit within the upper portions of thesleeves where joined to the shoulders and thus smoothly support thegarment throughout a portion extending from the sides of the collaroppositely along the shoulders to near the arms, being intermediate thecollar and shoulder suspended slightly clear of the hanger to avoidforming any crease therein.

This device in plan view is throughout quite thin and narrow, beingconvex at the rear substantially the same as the human shoulders andconcave at the forward side corresponding very nearly to the convexityof the rear side, and presenting but little horizontal thickness. Withinthis front concavity, the forward portion of the coat hangs in concaveshape without material or perceptible distortion. The coat being convexat the rear and concave at the front, and the front and rear thereoflying smoothly in close relation, the next adjacent coat can be movedclosely within the concave front side of the same, thus enabling anumber At each side of j of coats to be arranged in small space and atthe same time properly supported upon the hangers to prevent anydistortion or wrinkling of the same.

5 What I claim is A garment hanger comprising a niiddle portionextending upward and forwardly inclined, depressions at each side of themiddle portion downwardly curved at the in upper side slightly concavedat the rear and also concave at the front side to engage and support thecollar of acoat, and outwardly extended forwardly curved arms to engageand support the shoulders of a coat.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 15 in presence of twoWitnesses.

JOHN THOMAS BATTS. Witnesses:

PALMER A. JONES, LUTHER V. MOULTON.

